CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of shares of its common stock to raise aggregate proceeds of approximately $125 million. All of the shares in the offering are to be sold by Alnylam. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC are acting as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters for the offering. Alnylam intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15 percent of the number of shares sold to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering is subject to market conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
